"The most important thing is that somebody is going to be in office and hopefully will be in office for quite a while," Fabiani said, citing the need for a stable political environment to secure the outside investment help the team needs. "That's far more important than who the person in office is. ... Now that there's a new mayor, hopefully we can get some answers pretty quickly and figure out how to move ahead."
After meeting with a ballot lawyer on Tuesday,Bobby Doerr Jersey, Fabiani said the team likely is looking at a city-wide special election in June 2015 to seek approval for a long-sought replacement for 70,000-seat Qualcomm Stadium.